The National Independent Venue Association does. Independent venue is one that is not owned by a multinational or a publicly traded corporation. More often than not it means its locally owned. Lots of times its a family owned business thats been handed down from generation to generation. Two people in the communities that are hiring in their communities, that are taking care of their neighbors and opening their doors to is fundraisers. That are hired out for , special family and lifetime events. The onestaking chances on emerging artists and in rtrying to build more communitybased initiatives as well. Prior to four months ago literallyto the day , there wasnt an organization that was able to speak on behalf of these thousands and thousands of individually owned venues and promoters across the country and i think a good portion of that was because we didnt need it. Part of being independent is finding the solutions and putting them into play and everybodys so busy and overwhelmed with j
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There where the fog is. Meteorologist mark tomaio has been talking about the a. M. Fog and hazy skies today. Looks like the air quality is slowly getting better. At least than it was earlier in the week. Wednesday welcome to mornings on 2. Its been a stressful time. We could all use a little laughter. Tommys t comedy club is coming to the rescue reopening this friday and holding comedy shows outside. Because of covid19 shows are going to be held in the parking lot at the location on hop road. Attendance is limited to allow for proper social distancing. And masks are required for all guests comedy under the stars has sold out for this weekend but more dates are being added. As i bring in mike and gasia, doing comedy is hard. I can imagine it might be just a little harder even to do it in a parking lot with the elements in play. Right, youre looking at this audience and they all have their faces covered. Ive heard from so many comedians who say you have to read a room to get what they wa
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